A Year of Podcasting

A Year of Podcasting

When I started podcasting, I committed to doing it for a year and then deciding if I wanted to continue or not. The year is up. I’ve made my decision. I’m going to pivot. The Hard Times & Hope podcast will go away. I’ll keep podcasting, but I’m changing it up. I’m...
A Do-Over at Work

A Do-Over at Work

Most of the time, we do our jobs and learn as we go. It’s hard to make scientific experiments about what we can do differently to be more effective. We can change how we interact with others, but situations change, so it’s hard to draw clear cause-and-effect...
The Pressure on Adolescent Girls

The Pressure on Adolescent Girls

The security settings on my devices are set to keep much about me private. Because of this, I receive ads that wouldn’t generally be targeted to my demographic: men’s swim trunks, teaching materials for elementary school children, hunting rifles. One day, a...
Sports Fans & Resilience

Sports Fans & Resilience

When I used to fly to Cincinnati every other Sunday, I would get in at about 6PM. In the Fall, I would often see people in Cincinnati Bengals gear, and I could tell just by looking whether the team had won or lost. “Bengals lose today?” I would say to the cab driver,...
Genetics on My Mind

Genetics on My Mind

My mother’s mother had Alzheimer’s disease. My mother might. I think my dad did. The genetic odds are good that I will. My mom doesn’t want to see a doctor for an assessment of her mental status. “What good would it do,” she says, her tone of voice absent...
Jule Kucera